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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, the death of someone by a heroin overdose is mentioned. Who died?
(a) A white teen on Navajo land.
(b) Someone on the Navajo tribal council.
(c) A kid at the Catholic school.
(d) A Navajo rodeo performer.

2. Who was Nashibitti?
(a) Leaphorn's grandmother.
(b) A mythological spirit of the Zuni.
(c) A great singer.
(d) Ernesto Cata's grandfather.

3. What is Jason's Fleece, as used in Dance Hall of the Dead?
(a) A place where the hippies live.
(b) A store on the reservation.
(c) An anthropological discovery.
(d) A legend.

4. According to Cecil, who stole something from the anthropologists at the dig site?
(a) Ernesto Cata.
(b) George Bowlegs.
(c) A kachina.
(d) The hippies at the commune.

5. Whom does Leaphorn leave Cecil with after the death of Shorty Bowlegs?
(a) The Cata family.
(b) A Franciscan brother at St. Anthony's.
(c) Jason's Fleece.
(d) Navajo Social Services.

6. What is Halona Itawana?
(a) A Navajo location.
(b) A Zuni elder.
(c) A Zuni village.
(d) A Zuni ritual.

7. How has Isaacs identified the anthropological site where he's digging?
(a) A Paleo-Indian burial site.
(b) A Folsom hunting camp.
(c) A Clovis trash site.
(d) An Anasazi village.

8. In Chapter 6, where is Leaphorn planning to sleep?
(a) At the Ramah chapter house.
(b) In Window Rock.
(c) In his truck.
(d) At home.

9. What drug does Leaphorn ask if Otis took?
(a) LSD.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Crack.
(d) Peyote.

10. What are Belacani?
(a) Non-Navajo people.
(b) White people.
(c) Bad spirits.
(d) Zuni.

11. What does Leaphorn bring out of the hogan that belongs to George?
(a) Odds and ends.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A ragged shirt.
(d) A fetish.

12. At the end of Chapter 1, what does the Little Fire God see?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A Zuni sorcerer.
(c) A kachina.
(d) A figure with a mask of the Mole Salamobia.

13. According to Cecil in Chapter 9, George said he was going to look for some kachinas at a place he couldn't pronounce. What letter does the place start with?
(a) K.
(b) T.
(c) S.
(d) D.

14. By the end of Chapter 8, who arrives at the hogan?
(a) Father Ingles.
(b) Ted Isaacs.
(c) J.D. Hightower.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

15. According to a neighbor, where is the owner of the commune land believed to live?
(a) Window Rock.
(b) Chinle.
(c) Farmington.
(d) Santa Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "dinee" mean?

2. In Chapter 10, who is described as a baptized Christian and Catholic communicant?

3. In Chapter 3, how does Leaphorn think of the Zuni village?

4. In Chapter 7, how many sets of tracks does Leaphorn find?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Leaphorn think is significant that O'Malley doesn't?

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